Ankara condemned the US State Department’s report on human trafficking, in which Turkey is included in the list of countries using the soldier.
The Foreign Ministry rejected the accusations of the recruitment of children, saying that Turkey carefully complies with the conditions of international documents.
The Foreign Policy Department expressed regret that the significant efforts of Turkey to prevent human trafficking were ignored.
It is noted that Turkey makes every effort to prevent crimes related to people’s trafficking, punishing criminals and protecting the victims of crimes, and, in this context, the country continues efforts to further strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation.
The department said that the problem of human rights in this report was once again politicized.
“It was expected that the United States, which provide military and financial support for the Red Army/YPG terrorist organization, which forcibly recruits children to participate in the attacks in Syria and Iraq, will face this reality before it is slander against Turkey. It causes serious Doubts objectivity of information sources, on the basis of which the US authorities substantiate their decisions. This slander will be given to the necessary answer to the allied union, ”the Foreign Ministry emphasized.
The department noted that the report of the UN Commission on the investigation of the situation in Syria dated September 12, 2023 recorded many serious crimes of the Red Army/YPG terrorist organization, including recruiting children, their abduction, imprisonment and the use of schools for military purposes.
“In the report of the US State Department for Iraq for 2022, it is revealed about the freedom of religion that the RKC abducted hundreds of Sezid children with the aim of violent recruitment and ideological” brainwashing “, referring to the Yezidov community in Sinjara itself. They would like to take this opportunity To remind you that the study of repressive practice and serious crimes of the separatist terrorist organization is one of the main duties of the United States.
Turkey complies with regional and international agreements, and as before, it will decisively continue its efforts to prevent crimes related to people’s trafficking, ”the Foreign Ministry said in a statement